An Asian elephant believed to be the oldest ever in captivity has died aged 88 in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Thursday. Awarded the title of "Gaja Muthassi" (elephant granny), Dakshayani took

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Washington and Beijing are still a "sizeable distance" apart in the trade talks, and no date has been set for a meeting between the countries' leaders, a top White House adviser said Thursday. The remarks

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Thousands of Dutch students skipped classes to march for action on climate change on Thursday, following the example of young demonstrators in Belgium and other countries for the first time. Carrying banners with slogans like

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Huawei's top executive in Europe brushed off Western critics and defended the company's track record against accusations that it could serve as front for Chinese spying. Huawei has raised suspicions in the west for its

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France took the exceptional step of recalling its envoy to Rome on Thursday to protest a series of attacks from the Italian government which it described as "unprecedented" since World War II. France's foreign ministry

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Facebook India said Thursday it will run disclaimers on political ads and publish details of sponsors to bring transparency in political advertising ahead of a general election due by May. Facebook has nearly 300 million

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Facebook users should be asked for consent before data collected by the group's subsidiaries Whatsapp and Instagram and on third-party websites is combined with their social network account, Germany's competition authority said Thursday. Neither should

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Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday voted to ban Russians from monitoring a forthcoming presidential election, as tensions between the neighbours flare before the poll. Kiev, fighting a Moscow-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, has said it suspects

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Ukraine on Thursday adopted "historic" changes to its constitution, spelling out the ex-Soviet country's aspirations to join the EU and Nato two months before a crucial presidential vote. In a final third reading in parliament,

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New York cocoa futures on ICE fell on Thursday, largely erasing the previous session's gains as a short-covering rally ran out of steam, while sugar and coffee also fell. The moves tracked broader weakness in

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